By Chief Market Strategist Gareth Soloway on February 28th, 2010 11:51am Eastern Time
The markets ended the last week of February 2010 almost flat. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) ended the week -$0.40. While they were basically flat, that does not describe the crazy movement and wild swings the markets displayed during the week. Between the wild swings in the U.S Dollar and the horrid economic news, the market barely held on. Looking back on the week, it almost seemed too perfect. All… Continue

On Feb 8, AshrafLaidi.com shared this chart http://chart.ly/8ec4fx on GBPUSD net longs/shorts, warning that MORE GBP SHORTS were ahead (read caption in chart). GBP net shorts soared to 62,884 this week from about 21,000 in Feb 8 while GBPUSD lost over 500 pips to $1.5200. On Monday Feb 22, we warned on the site and twitter.com/alaidi about the upcoming slide in CADJPY. The pair lost 200 pips by Tuesday and another 100 pips on Wednesday. Finally, Thursdays… Continue

UK gilt yields showing a extreme bearishness on a price and oscillator level SEE CHART http://chart.ly/2mtrrc suggesting the ongoing weakness in GBP is here to stay. GBP is now the worst performing currency over the month-to-date, year-to-date and over the last 6-months when compared to the top traded 11 currencies. GBPUSD is now 7% below its 200-day MA, showing all the technical signs for further damage onto the $1.5050 and $1.48. Gold defies our bearish… Continue

By Nicholas Santiago on February 26th, 2010 10:26am Eastern Time
When navigating through these markets one must watch the leading energy stocks. The two most important stocks that are major Dow Jones Industrial Average components are Exxon Mobil Corp… Continue

By InTheMoneyStocks on February 26th, 2010 10:45am Eastern Time
Many fundamental traders and investors might have mixed reviews of the markets after hearing today's economic numbers. Simply put all one needs to do to see how this market is reacting is to… Continue

By Chief Market Strategist Gareth Soloway on February 26th, 2010 11:41am Eastern Time
Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ:PALM) has been under intense sell pressure since the January 9th, 2010 high was made at $14.17. Since that point, the stock price has fallen to a low today… Continue

By InTheMoneyStocks.com on February 26th, 2010 12:26pm Eastern Time
The markets moved lower early on in the morning session only to spike higher as the dollar was pushed down. Since the double top of $111.00 was hit, the markets have faded slowly back to the… Continue

By Nicholas Santiago on February 26th, 2010 12:59pm Eastern Time
Gold has been the trade of the decade. Since 2001 gold has not only outperformed the Dow Jones Industrial Average, it has made new all time highs every year from that time. As we all know the Dow Jones Industrial average is below it's 2007 and 2000 highs making this the so called lost decade for this index.

Gold is a double edge sword in this environment. Many central banks around the world have diluted their… Continue

GBP tumbles across the board, further breaking away from its previous positive correlations with equities as the likelihood of further quantitative easing from the Bank of England haunts the currency. Readers of this website will recall our Dec 18 article http://bit.ly/5Meew3 laying out the case for why Sterling to Regain Whipping Boy Status in 2010. GBPUSD looks for preliminary target at $1.5130 after the $1.53 retarcement had been shattered. Any rebound… Continue

Today's RUMOURS about CHINA BUYING buying the remaining 200 bln tonne of gold have yet to confirmed, but they were reportedly effective in supporting the metal against USD considering the sharp rally in USD and JPY. A Chinese website (China Daily) denied the news while a Russian publication (Pravda) confirmed it. Why would a buyer of something announce its actions before the purchase? Either the purchase had already been done or the news was let out inadvertently. It is the same concept with… Continue

Todays equity sell-off is accompanied by the biggest daily decline in oil since Feb 4, pushing the fuel below its 55-day MA, Gold, however, recovers after 3-consecutive daily losses on reports that China will buy the IMFs remaining 200 tonnes on sale by the IMF. A close above 1109 in gold could extend upside towards 1117. NEW HOT CHART UPDATED ON AUDNZD.…Continue

By Nicholas Santiago on February 24th, 2010 3:28pm Eastern Time
Today was a very interesting day as the Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before Congress. The usual grilling came from Congressman Ron Paul(Texas-R) who is trying to get the Fed to audit their books and monitor their loan activity. The rest of the U.S. Congress seemed very soft and mild mannered with the questions asked to the Chairman.

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